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Configure and Start Up the Kinetix 300 Drive
Chapter 6
Configure the IP Address Automatically (dynamic address)
When connecting a Kinetix 300 drive to a network domain with a DHCP
enabled server the IP address of the Kinetix 300 drive is assigned automatically.
To have the address assigned automatically the drive must have its DHCP mode
enabled. Follow these steps by using the drive keypad and display.
1.
Press .
2.
Use
to access parameter DHCP.
3.
Check this parameter is set to 1.
4.
If the DHCP parameter is set to 0, use
and
to change the
parameter setting to 1.
5.
Cycle power to the drive to make this change take effect.
When the Kinetix 300 drive is waiting for an IP address to be assigned to it by the
server it displays ‘----‘ in each of the four octet parameters (IP_1, IP_2, IP_3, and
IP_4) on its display. Once the address is assigned by the server it appears in these
parameters. If this parameter continues to display ‘----‘ then it is likely that a
connection between the drive and server has not been established, or the server is
not DHCP enabled.
DHCP can be enabled through the MotionView software. If you choose to
configure the drive by using a manual (static) IP address, you can switch over to
an automatic (dynamic) address once configuration is complete. See
for information on enabling DHCP from
within the MotionView software.
TIP
A useful feature of the MotionView software and communication interface to
the Kinetix 300 drive is the ability to assign the drive a name (text string).
This name can then be used to discover the drives IP address and is useful
when the drive has its IP address assigned automatically by the server for
easy connection.